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Stateful packet filtering, Network Address Translation (NAT), port forwarding,
passive operating system fingerprinting,
packet queueing and Quality of Service, load balancing,
and redundant firewalls are available with OpenBSD's PF system.
PF is known to be a proven, high-performance, and innovative packet
filtering system.
The PF sub-systems and related interfaces have been ported to the
NetBSD, FreeBSD and DragonFly operating systems. This book introduces
the common features and capabilities of PF and its related tools
with many examples and steps for configuring and using PF on these
operating systems.
The book includes ample cross-referencing and a detailed index for easy
research and reading.

Purchase The OpenBSD PF Packet Filter Book from
Lulu,
Amazon,
or your favorite book store.

The book is based on the freely-available
BSD-licenced
PF FAQ as provided by the OpenBSD project.
It includes many grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting fixes,
and numerous content improvements
for (hopefully) easier reading and comprehension.
Many fixes were sent to the original copyright owners.
In addition to the detailed proofreading, editing and reorganization,
this PF book provides new chapters and more content to better explain
and further document the use of the PF-related tools and capabilities,
especially for non-OpenBSD systems.
Differences between the behaviour, setup and usage
on the different operating systems are covered. And some
old or deprecated features or syntax are covered as needed
for the non-OpenBSD systems.
Some of the new content includes: PF installation and setup specific
to NetBSD, FreeBSD, and DragonFly; new graphical diagrams;
and using the spamd suite with PF.
It has approximately 15- to 20-percent new content.

The 21 chapter book is available in a convenient printed format
using standard perfect binding.
Numerous cross-references were added
and the book includes an eight page index with over 435 terms and concepts
indexed for easy study.

Donation

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